Excellent, I agree with you almost absolutely. Although loosing Eddie did hit me very hard. And when Roland opened the door at the top of the tower and screamed “No not again” an explosion of goosebumps passed through my body. The thought of living a perpetual existence with no breaks to catch your breath in between is a nightmarish / Hellish existence.
One of my favorite parts is Roland and Susannah's journey after Eddie and Jake die. I loved when they were chased by the Todash monster in Castle Discordia. I could feel their misery when they traveled all those weeks in the cold. Then they finally killed the deer and had food and made clothing. A reminder that this series is about the journey, not the destination.
Just read this series for the first time over the past couple of months. I loved the ending and the way events unfolded along the way. However, I felt so cheated that Suez was reunited with an Eddy and Jake. I get that "there are other worlds than these", but it iust felt wrong. P.s. an' may you have twice the number.
hi great video i love the DT, I think the Crimson King knew about the loop that Roland was stuck in, that why he was trying to break the beams and make the tower fall and stop him getting in to the dark tower and end the purgatory Roland has them stuck in which has driven him Mad , i also think 19 is the loops Roland has made which is why the numbers so important in the story, I thing of it sort of like Ground Hog Day where something must be done or little changes made / different decisions to break the cycle which is why on the 20th loop round he has the horn which will play an important roll in the the next story and finally break the cycle. MAYBE?
The horn is not a promise that he success the next time, only that things could change. And maybe he'll have to try it many times before an eventual rupture of the loop.
The weakest part of book VII is the crappy ‘foreshadowing' of Oy's death. I don’t know if King had an alternate version of his death up his sleeve but if he did he should’ve used it. And all the Lord Of The Rings references are ok but at the time of reading The Dark Tower I didn’t know he borrowed ideas from LOTR because I didn’t read it yet. So I knock off a fraction of an eighth of a point for that. He also borrowed ‘19’ and maybe one other thing from Blood Meridian but I can’t remember now…
Yo, you’re very good at analyzing! I enjoyed every detail you talked about. I finished the last book today. Loved the journey and many events. I didn’t like King being in himself, but it does make sense lol. Wish there was more power to the crimson king, but whatever, this part was fine too.
After countless cycles of climbing the Dark Tower, Roland finally stood at its peak, weary but determined. The air around him crackled with a strange energy, a sense of finality that he had never felt before. As he reached out to touch the Tower, instead of the usual blinding light and subsequent return to the desert, something different happened. A voice, ancient and weighty, resonated through his mind. "Roland of Gilead," it intoned, "you have come far, through trials untold. Your quest nears its end." Roland looked around, expecting to see the desert stretching endlessly, but this time he found himself in a serene landscape, familiar yet ethereal. The Tower stood before him, but it no longer seemed like an insurmountable goal. It was just there, a part of the scenery rather than an ominous presence. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see his ka-tet-Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and even Oy-all smiling warmly at him. "We're here, Roland," Eddie said. "We made it together." Tears welled up in Roland's eyes as he realized the significance of this moment. He had always believed his quest was solitary, that he must reach the Tower alone, but now he understood. The Tower had tested him not to prove his strength alone but to teach him the value of companionship, of love, of sacrifice. "I... I don't deserve..." Roland began, but Jake interrupted gently, "We're not here because you deserve it, Roland. We're here because ka brought us together, and together we've reached the end of this journey." As Roland looked at each of them, he felt a sense of peace wash over him. He had carried the burden of his quest for so long, always driven by the need to reach the Tower. But now, surrounded by those he loved and who loved him in return, he realized that the Tower was not the end but a beginning-a symbol of hope and redemption rather than an obsession. With a deep breath, Roland turned away from the Tower and walked toward the horizon with his ka-tet beside him. The cycle was broken, not by force but by understanding and acceptance. As they walked into the unknown together, Roland knew that no matter what lay ahead, they would face it as one. And so, the gunslinger and his ka-tet faded into the distance, their story no longer a tragic tale of endless repetition but a testament to the power of friendship and the possibility of redemption.
Thank you for talking about the whole book, so many videos I see about The Dark Tower only really talk about the ending, which is a very small portion of a very large book.
I hate Mordrid, he killed flagg and ruined that climax of Roland vs flagg. All to be killed so easily by Roland with 1 gunshot. Worst Stephen King blunder of this series.
always thought it was kind of funny that when he’s naming everybody at the end that he calls out the name of the cook that he narc on back when he was a kid.
Thanks for the review of my all-time favorite book series! Are you planning to review the Dark Tower comics from Marvel? There is a lot of interesting information about the Mid-World, which complements the book lore quite well. And, as far as I understand, it is considered canon.
The End was the Begining. 1)Was saving the World and all its dimensions by keeping the Tower from collapsing Roland's chief desire? Or........... 2)Was it Roland's intermost "Self" itself the chief desire to get to the very Pinnacle/Top of the Tower? I pick # 2 hands down! Roland used, tricked, killed, befriended, allied himself with, and even loved anyone and everyone to get to the Tower(In my opinion). Selfishness and self centerness drove Roland Deshain to the Tower. Even tho his motives came across often kind, helpful, loving, couragous and often virtuous too. Manipulation to get what he wants is what he did! Doing the samething over and over expecting different results is the definition of Insanity. As a recovered Alcoholic myself, the ending really hit home for me as I recalled my past troubles with addiction. A vicious cycle of self inflicted pain over and over....ad infintium. Nevertheless, The Dark Tower series is very well written and entertaining as all get out! Its got everything a fantasy reader could ever want in a book series. If we could only get Stephen King himself to give a Q&A/ presentation on the inner workings of Tower books and his thinking on Roland and all the gang! Wow! Now that would be every Tower's junkie dream come true! Great vid👍
Death, but not for you, gunslinger. All of this was foreshadowed in the first book. (At least in the revised edition... Idk about the original.) Such a wonderful wrap up of the series.
Just as the ending, the '' climax '' with the Crimson King is perfect, and it can't be an other. Patrick was not put on it for nothing... And the Crimson King knew it, so he tried to kill him before this story... In another book of the multiverse.
Same here, the gunslinger was my first book that started my late entry into loving books. I recommend the Necroscope by Brian Lumbley. If you want that same taste of the gunslinger and you want a massive world as vibrant and hellish as this was the Necroscope is the best. I learned that the best story tellers are the ones your brain can align to on many levels. As if the words were yours, immersing you deep in the story. There are writers that write in a way that convinces your mind that there is no one else but you and the world you find yourself in. Sometimes King takes me out of it sometimes by going on and on but im ok when it comes to the gunsliglnger. Brian Lumbley on the other hand draws you right into a ruthless and cruel yet exciting world of the Necroscope. Try it.
Necroscope kicks ass!! It is not anything as deep, nuanced, and meaningful as King's work, or in this case The Dark Tower series....but it is SO much fun!! Just wild ass ideas and really original ones. Lumley is not a great writer (wayyy too many exclamation points!! lol) but he has great, new ideas and the whole Cold War backdrop for everything really made it my jam for sure!
That's funny, also when I was 20, I wasn't much into reading, but for some reason ended up in a book store and decided to check out Stephen King books. The short length and western feel is what sold me on The Gunslinger. I didn't realize it was part of a series and by the time I did, I was totally committed. I've ready so many of King's books since then. Truly life changing moment pretty much by accident.
I have never read a more painful "no", I could feel his desperation because it was my own. Just masterful writing, I was so angry but I knew in my heart of hearts, that's how it always had to be.
Late comment, apologies, but I just found your channel. One thing I always thought, as I got to the end is, you know, King told us from the very beginning, didn't he? 'Ka is a wheel.' Roland's journey was meant to be a cycle, and, I think, each cycle is intended, if he's willing to take the lessons, to teach him the lessons Ka believes he needs to learn. And, perhaps, when he's learned enough about love and sacrifice and family, he'll finally get to the top of the Tower and find peace and rest.
I always kind of assumed that the showdown with the Crimson King was supposed to mirror his fight with Cort as a child, using Patrick in a similar way that he used David the hawk (with the Crimson King being reduced to eyes to mirror David getting one of Cort's.) Maybe, especially after losing the Tet one by one, it was supposed to highlight the way that Roland has continued to use other people all the way to the end of his quest for the Tower.
I always took it as Steve realizing Crimsy-bimbsy wasn't a very good villain and regretting adding him as if the Dark Tower story is Lord of the Rings and therefore needs a Sauron; so he added a character who could just literally erase him from the page.
Excellent video. Couldn’t agree more about how impactful this has been for my own life good to hear the perspective of other fans….especially because the ending gets so much hate. Thank you again
Brilliant. Makes me want to go back to the Tower but don’t want to feel the pain I did on my first read. No other book series has pulled me in as much as this did. You nailed it and reminded me how I felt the first time I read it. After turning the final page I was thinking about it for weeks and still do years later. That alone is a testament to the power of this story 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Long Days and Pleasant Nights buddy. 🇬🇧
Jack Vance was the writer that got reading regularly. I've also read nearly all Tolkien's stuff and loved most of it. I started reading Stephen King later. I really love his stuff, I rate him very highly. Clive Barker is another a appreciate greatly. As someone who is a keen if not great artist, I always loved that Patrick Danville, first draws then erases the Crimson King, leaving him as just a pair of eyes floating in the air, and of course we now see the reason that he was so important in Insomnia, and why the Crimson King was so afraid of him.
I have serious problems understanding the power everyone has in the dark tower series. Like, Walter seems like really powerful and die so easily to ordered even though he's still weak and growing. Then mordred dies in a ridiculous way to Roland because of Oy. The crimson king seems like the most powerful antagonist in the book, and still he can only throw sneetches? I was really disappointed
Towards the end of the series it pointed out the crimson king has gone mad being trapped on the tower. I thought that was the reason he had very little to fight with.
Hilarious! I've never seen you before, the first book I ever read was Desperation by King. I read a book a week after that for a decade. Nice to know there are others out there. 😊
I started this series in 2000 when I was about 20 years old . Finally finished book 7 tonight. This review was great ❤. I'm gonna go cry now 😂😂, what a ride .
I think when he goes into the tower, and that whole last part is perfect. The showdown with the Crimson King isn’t great, but I don’t dislike it as much as most people. I couldn’t think of anything better. It was fine. The rest of this series definitely makes up for it being a bit lackluster.
I’ve read this series 9 times, and I don’t think I could have explained why it is so impactful any better than you did at the end of this video. Cheers
Flagg's death called to mind the part in "The Stand" where the judge laughs at Flagg, which sends him into a rage. When he's killed, it was like King was telling us, "Yeah, he wasn't that big a deal."
I mean, his penultimate plan to stop Roland was... to make the palace from the Wizard of Oz stand in Roland's way, with a single half-blind dude in it to try to shoot him.
It was bad. Hopefully, we will get a new version from Mike Flanagan. Not only is he basically a dream director for that project. But he also currently holds the rights to it fingers 🤞
I see what you are saying about Flagg but I completely disagree. I call bs for King to do that. I no longer care about Flagg in the King multiverse. He is a nothing villan. The final book ruined a lot for me. I love the characters of this series but the 7th book ensures I will never read the series again. Eddie's death is cheap. It's dumb that Jake had to die to save Stephen king. I knew characters would die but I wanted them to reach the tower and I wanted a showdown with Roland, Flagg and the Crimson King. Also the tower was very underwhelming. King only carrs about the journey and not the payyoff and I hate that. I am very disappointed in the outcome of this series. I can't seem to find someone that agrees with me.
I agree with you. I was looking through these reviews of the last book just to see if anyone will say that they don't like it, or that they're disappointed. I was really disappointed and felt like it was the ultimate cop-out. I tried to at leas be OK with it but it's so bad, I can't. I don't think the ending should be about giving readers what they want indiscriminately, but King here has under-delivered massively, and no amount of analysis, rationalization, and trying to convince myself that it's good will work. It's bad. I feel like for King it was the only way to end it - by not ending it because he is so bad at ending stories. But I felt cheated, and I also feel like the characters were mistreated as well. They deserved a better resolution. I can't even go into the Crimson King ending... it's just... really?! The Gunslinger will forever be one of my most loved books because of the atmosphere, the weight of the personal and world history that is foreshadowed, Roland's character, which is so well done, everything about that book speaks to me. But The Dark Tower, Song of Suzannah... it feels convoluted, like King was running on empty. That's just my take.
Excellent, I agree with you almost absolutely. Although loosing Eddie did hit me very hard.
And when Roland opened the door at the top of the tower and screamed “No not again” an explosion of goosebumps passed through my body. The thought of living a perpetual existence with no breaks to catch your breath in between is a nightmarish / Hellish existence.
One of my favorite parts is Roland and Susannah's journey after Eddie and Jake die. I loved when they were chased by the Todash monster in Castle Discordia. I could feel their misery when they traveled all those weeks in the cold. Then they finally killed the deer and had food and made clothing. A reminder that this series is about the journey, not the destination.
Just read this series for the first time over the past couple of months. I loved the ending and the way events unfolded along the way. However, I felt so cheated that Suez was reunited with an Eddy and Jake. I get that "there are other worlds than these", but it iust felt wrong.
P.s. an' may you have twice the number.
"A very alone Roland"
Patrick Danville: 👁👄👁
hi great video i love the DT, I think the Crimson King knew about the loop that Roland was stuck in, that why he was trying to break the beams and make the tower fall and stop him getting in to the dark tower and end the purgatory Roland has them stuck in which has driven him Mad , i also think 19 is the loops Roland has made which is why the numbers so important in the story, I thing of it sort of like Ground Hog Day where something must be done or little changes made / different decisions to break the cycle which is why on the 20th loop round he has the horn which will play an important roll in the the next story and finally break the cycle. MAYBE?
In the official audiobook, when Roland realised his fate and he cried out in anguish....That got me.😢
The horn is not a promise that he success the next time, only that things could change. And maybe he'll have to try it many times before an eventual rupture of the loop.
For all we know he has done this journey millions of times
The weakest part of book VII is the crappy ‘foreshadowing' of Oy's death.
I don’t know if King had an alternate version of his death up his sleeve but if he did he should’ve used it.
And all the Lord Of The Rings references are ok but at the time of reading The Dark Tower I didn’t know he borrowed ideas from LOTR because I didn’t read it yet. So I knock off a fraction of an eighth of a point for that.
He also borrowed ‘19’ and maybe one other thing from Blood Meridian but I can’t remember now…
Yo, you’re very good at analyzing! I enjoyed every detail you talked about.
I finished the last book today. Loved the journey and many events. I didn’t like King being in himself, but it does make sense lol. Wish there was more power to the crimson king, but whatever, this part was fine too.
After countless cycles of climbing the Dark Tower, Roland finally stood at its peak, weary but determined. The air around him crackled with a strange energy, a sense of finality that he had never felt before. As he reached out to touch the Tower, instead of the usual blinding light and subsequent return to the desert, something different happened.
A voice, ancient and weighty, resonated through his mind. "Roland of Gilead," it intoned, "you have come far, through trials untold. Your quest nears its end."
Roland looked around, expecting to see the desert stretching endlessly, but this time he found himself in a serene landscape, familiar yet ethereal. The Tower stood before him, but it no longer seemed like an insurmountable goal. It was just there, a part of the scenery rather than an ominous presence.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see his ka-tet-Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and even Oy-all smiling warmly at him. "We're here, Roland," Eddie said. "We made it together."
Tears welled up in Roland's eyes as he realized the significance of this moment. He had always believed his quest was solitary, that he must reach the Tower alone, but now he understood. The Tower had tested him not to prove his strength alone but to teach him the value of companionship, of love, of sacrifice.
"I... I don't deserve..." Roland began, but Jake interrupted gently, "We're not here because you deserve it, Roland. We're here because ka brought us together, and together we've reached the end of this journey."
As Roland looked at each of them, he felt a sense of peace wash over him. He had carried the burden of his quest for so long, always driven by the need to reach the Tower. But now, surrounded by those he loved and who loved him in return, he realized that the Tower was not the end but a beginning-a symbol of hope and redemption rather than an obsession.
With a deep breath, Roland turned away from the Tower and walked toward the horizon with his ka-tet beside him. The cycle was broken, not by force but by understanding and acceptance. As they walked into the unknown together, Roland knew that no matter what lay ahead, they would face it as one.
And so, the gunslinger and his ka-tet faded into the distance, their story no longer a tragic tale of endless repetition but a testament to the power of friendship and the possibility of redemption.
The deaths of Flagg and the Crimson King were a bit disappointing.
"There’s an idea that hell is other people. My idea is that it might be repetition."
Stephen King
Roland is in Hell.
Insanity.....doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
Thank you for talking about the whole book, so many videos I see about The Dark Tower only really talk about the ending, which is a very small portion of a very large book.
I hate Mordrid, he killed flagg and ruined that climax of Roland vs flagg. All to be killed so easily by Roland with 1 gunshot. Worst Stephen King blunder of this series.
always thought it was kind of funny that when he’s naming everybody at the end that he calls out the name of the cook that he narc on back when he was a kid.
"shout out to that dude I did kinda dirty in high school"
I love the ending
Thanks for the review of my all-time favorite book series! Are you planning to review the Dark Tower comics from Marvel? There is a lot of interesting information about the Mid-World, which complements the book lore quite well. And, as far as I understand, it is considered canon.
I'm re-reading, third time, on 'The Wind...' right now. Thankee, sai, for this series. Long days, and pleasant nights.
I’m glad you found peace with the man in black’s death. I still hate it.
@@jimmyblood3416 I get it.
The End was the Begining.
1)Was saving the World and all its dimensions by keeping the Tower from collapsing Roland's chief desire? Or...........
2)Was it Roland's intermost "Self" itself the chief desire to get to the very Pinnacle/Top of the Tower?
I pick # 2 hands down!
Roland used, tricked, killed, befriended, allied himself with, and even loved anyone and everyone to get to the Tower(In my opinion).
Selfishness and self centerness drove Roland Deshain to the Tower. Even tho his motives came across often kind, helpful, loving, couragous and often virtuous too. Manipulation to get what he wants is what he did!
Doing the samething over and over expecting different results is the definition of Insanity.
As a recovered Alcoholic myself, the ending really hit home for me as I recalled my past troubles with addiction. A vicious cycle of self inflicted pain over and over....ad infintium.
Nevertheless, The Dark Tower series is very well written and entertaining as all get out! Its got everything a fantasy reader could ever want in a book series.
If we could only get Stephen King himself to give a Q&A/ presentation on the inner workings of Tower books and his thinking on Roland and all the gang! Wow! Now that would be every Tower's junkie dream come true!
Great vid👍
Death, but not for you, gunslinger. All of this was foreshadowed in the first book. (At least in the revised edition... Idk about the original.) Such a wonderful wrap up of the series.
Omg I read it like 15 years ago. And just mentioning Eddie deads shock my heart....😢 thanks for reminding me this amazing book
Just as the ending, the '' climax '' with the Crimson King is perfect, and it can't be an other. Patrick was not put on it for nothing... And the Crimson King knew it, so he tried to kill him before this story... In another book of the multiverse.
Same here, the gunslinger was my first book that started my late entry into loving books.
I recommend the Necroscope by Brian Lumbley. If you want that same taste of the gunslinger and you want a massive world as vibrant and hellish as this was the Necroscope is the best.
I learned that the best story tellers are the ones your brain can align to on many levels. As if the words were yours, immersing you deep in the story.
There are writers that write in a way that convinces your mind that there is no one else but you and the world you find yourself in. Sometimes King takes me out of it sometimes by going on and on but im ok when it comes to the gunsliglnger.
Brian Lumbley on the other hand draws you right into a ruthless and cruel yet exciting world of the Necroscope.
Try it.
Necroscope kicks ass!! It is not anything as deep, nuanced, and meaningful as King's work, or in this case The Dark Tower series....but it is SO much fun!! Just wild ass ideas and really original ones. Lumley is not a great writer (wayyy too many exclamation points!! lol) but he has great, new ideas and the whole Cold War backdrop for everything really made it my jam for sure!
That's funny, also when I was 20, I wasn't much into reading, but for some reason ended up in a book store and decided to check out Stephen King books. The short length and western feel is what sold me on The Gunslinger. I didn't realize it was part of a series and by the time I did, I was totally committed. I've ready so many of King's books since then. Truly life changing moment pretty much by accident.
I have never read a more painful "no", I could feel his desperation because it was my own. Just masterful writing, I was so angry but I knew in my heart of hearts, that's how it always had to be.
Eddie Dean was incredibly relateable and he'll always be my favorite. But i love them all forever
Late comment, apologies, but I just found your channel. One thing I always thought, as I got to the end is, you know, King told us from the very beginning, didn't he? 'Ka is a wheel.' Roland's journey was meant to be a cycle, and, I think, each cycle is intended, if he's willing to take the lessons, to teach him the lessons Ka believes he needs to learn. And, perhaps, when he's learned enough about love and sacrifice and family, he'll finally get to the top of the Tower and find peace and rest.
I always kind of assumed that the showdown with the Crimson King was supposed to mirror his fight with Cort as a child, using Patrick in a similar way that he used David the hawk (with the Crimson King being reduced to eyes to mirror David getting one of Cort's.) Maybe, especially after losing the Tet one by one, it was supposed to highlight the way that Roland has continued to use other people all the way to the end of his quest for the Tower.
I always took it as Steve realizing Crimsy-bimbsy wasn't a very good villain and regretting adding him as if the Dark Tower story is Lord of the Rings and therefore needs a Sauron; so he added a character who could just literally erase him from the page.
Read the whole thing the first time, won't read the last chapter again. Say true!
Really good review, dude.
I’ve read it 5 times so far.
I always get something new out of it.
I think it comes with age😎
Keep up the good work.
@shanemccready5073 Thank you!
Excellent video. Couldn’t agree more about how impactful this has been for my own life good to hear the perspective of other fans….especially because the ending gets so much hate. Thank you again
Brilliant. Makes me want to go back to the Tower but don’t want to feel the pain I did on my first read. No other book series has pulled me in as much as this did. You nailed it and reminded me how I felt the first time I read it. After turning the final page I was thinking about it for weeks and still do years later. That alone is a testament to the power of this story 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Long Days and Pleasant Nights buddy. 🇬🇧
Jack Vance was the writer that got reading regularly. I've also read nearly all Tolkien's stuff and loved most of it. I started reading Stephen King later. I really love his stuff, I rate him very highly. Clive Barker is another a appreciate greatly. As someone who is a keen if not great artist, I always loved that Patrick Danville, first draws then erases the Crimson King, leaving him as just a pair of eyes floating in the air, and of course we now see the reason that he was so important in Insomnia, and why the Crimson King was so afraid of him.
I have serious problems understanding the power everyone has in the dark tower series. Like, Walter seems like really powerful and die so easily to ordered even though he's still weak and growing. Then mordred dies in a ridiculous way to Roland because of Oy. The crimson king seems like the most powerful antagonist in the book, and still he can only throw sneetches? I was really disappointed
Towards the end of the series it pointed out the crimson king has gone mad being trapped on the tower. I thought that was the reason he had very little to fight with.
I liked Mordred killing Walter.
Awesome insight/reaction
Personally i loved walter's death
And the part with Dandelo is my favorite part of the book
YES!!! Awesome!!!
Hilarious! I've never seen you before, the first book I ever read was Desperation by King. I read a book a week after that for a decade. Nice to know there are others out there. 😊
I started this series in 2000 when I was about 20 years old . Finally finished book 7 tonight. This review was great ❤. I'm gonna go cry now 😂😂, what a ride .
Audio book guy here Name is pronounced as "Dan del oh" more like dandelion not "Dan delo" like Jello
I think when he goes into the tower, and that whole last part is perfect. The showdown with the Crimson King isn’t great, but I don’t dislike it as much as most people. I couldn’t think of anything better. It was fine. The rest of this series definitely makes up for it being a bit lackluster.
I’ve read this series 9 times, and I don’t think I could have explained why it is so impactful any better than you did at the end of this video. Cheers
my impression of Sean Connery, reading the dark tower, “shemie, shemie very well”
Flagg's death called to mind the part in "The Stand" where the judge laughs at Flagg, which sends him into a rage.
When he's killed, it was like King was telling us, "Yeah, he wasn't that big a deal."
I mean, his penultimate plan to stop Roland was... to make the palace from the Wizard of Oz stand in Roland's way, with a single half-blind dude in it to try to shoot him.
I enjoyed hearing your thought. Thanks
Thanks
Its just such a shame they ruined the.movie so bad. I truly feel.it is the absolute worst movie i ever paid to see
It was bad. Hopefully, we will get a new version from Mike Flanagan. Not only is he basically a dream director for that project. But he also currently holds the rights to it fingers 🤞
I see what you are saying about Flagg but I completely disagree. I call bs for King to do that. I no longer care about Flagg in the King multiverse. He is a nothing villan. The final book ruined a lot for me. I love the characters of this series but the 7th book ensures I will never read the series again.
Eddie's death is cheap. It's dumb that Jake had to die to save Stephen king. I knew characters would die but I wanted them to reach the tower and I wanted a showdown with Roland, Flagg and the Crimson King. Also the tower was very underwhelming. King only carrs about the journey and not the payyoff and I hate that.
I am very disappointed in the outcome of this series. I can't seem to find someone that agrees with me.
I agree with you. I was looking through these reviews of the last book just to see if anyone will say that they don't like it, or that they're disappointed. I was really disappointed and felt like it was the ultimate cop-out. I tried to at leas be OK with it but it's so bad, I can't. I don't think the ending should be about giving readers what they want indiscriminately, but King here has under-delivered massively, and no amount of analysis, rationalization, and trying to convince myself that it's good will work. It's bad. I feel like for King it was the only way to end it - by not ending it because he is so bad at ending stories. But I felt cheated, and I also feel like the characters were mistreated as well. They deserved a better resolution. I can't even go into the Crimson King ending... it's just... really?!
The Gunslinger will forever be one of my most loved books because of the atmosphere, the weight of the personal and world history that is foreshadowed, Roland's character, which is so well done, everything about that book speaks to me. But The Dark Tower, Song of Suzannah... it feels convoluted, like King was running on empty. That's just my take.
Just finished it last night, great series and great analysis thanks!
Maybe I should read all these again.